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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

A Photon-Driven Unimolecular Immunostimulant for Self-Amplified Pyroptosis and cGAS-STING Pathway by Destroying the Pyroptosis Checkpoint.

Shuang Zeng, Chen Chen, Zhihan Guo, Chunfang Qin, Yang Wang, Xiaosheng Liu, Xin Li, Hyunsun Jeong, Yifu Hao, Danhong Zhou and 6 more

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Shuang Zeng *State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Chen Chen *Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, Shandong, 264117, China.
Zhihan Guo *MOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Chunfang QinInnovation Center of Yangtze River Delta, Zhejiang University, Jiaxing, 314100, China.
Yang WangState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Xiaosheng LiuMOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Xin LiSchool of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
Hyunsun JeongDepartment of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, South Korea.
Yifu HaoMOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Danhong ZhouState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Saran LongState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Zhenyong WuShandong Laboratory of Yantai Drug Discovery, Bohai Rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, Shandong, 264117, China.
Jingyun WangState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Haidong LiState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Xiaojun PengState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, 2 Linggong Road, Hi-tech Zone, Dalian, 116024, China.
Juyoung YoonDepartment of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 03760, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1728-3970

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2024M763416Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities DUT22LAB601Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities DUT24LAB105Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities DUT24ZD117National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFB3810300National Natural Science Foundation of China 22090011National Natural Science Foundation of China 22378050National Natural Science Foundation of China 22378051National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371283National Research Foundation of Korea 2022R1A2C3005420National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2024-00407093Open Research Fund from the State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics of Hunan University 20240604Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF GZC20240182Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF GZC20241828Science and Technology Plan Project of Liaoning Province 2023JH2/101700296Shandong Laboratory Program SYS202205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is a groundbreaking approach for clinically treating tumors, but its effectiveness is hindered by the tumor's immunosuppressive environment and lack of immune cell infiltration, enabling tumors to evade the immune system. Although the activation of both innate and adaptive immunities is a promising strategy to counteract this bottleneck, their synergy remains challenging. Therefore, we developed Bio-Cy, an unprecedented organic unimolecular photosensitive immunostimulant, which stimulates self-amplifying pyroptosis and cGAS-STING pathways by disrupting pyroptosis checkpoints to enhance adaptive and innate immunity activation. Mechanistic studies have shown that Bio-Cy can target cancer cells and be transported to lysosomes via endocytosis, generating reactive oxygen species through a Type I photodynamic mechanism to destroy cancer cells, even under hypoxic conditions. Interestingly, this lysosomal disruption not only activates the caspase-3/GSDME-dependent pyroptosis of adaptive immunity through mitochondrial damage by releasing Ca

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesPhotosensitizing AgentsPyroptosisAnimalsCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseHumansImmunity, InnateMiceReactive Oxygen SpeciesSignal TransductionSTING ProteinAdjuvants, ImmunologiccGAS protein, humanCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesPhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSTING1 protein, humanSTING ProteincGAS‐STINGOrganic photosensitive dyesPhotoimmunotherapyPhoton‐driven pyroptosisPyroptosis checkpoint

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PMID40844200
PMCPMC12501661

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